Dancing With the Stars Season 29 Premiere Date and 14 Pros Revealed
Thanks to US Weekly, below is the new premiere date for Dancing With The Stars Season 29. They also revealed 14 pros. Read below. Wow!!! We’ll update this post with GMA coverage shortly. Stay tuned. Let us know what you think in comments. I’m so glad Sharna Burgess is back. I also can’t wait to watch the creativity of Daniella Karagach!
ETA: GMA video added below. Sasha and Emma are so cute and funny!!
The upcoming competition, hosted by Tyra Banks, is set to premiere on Monday, September 14, at 8 p.m. ET. Although the celebrities have not yet been revealed, the announcement shares that a few fan favorite professional dancers are returning, including season 27 winner Sharna Burgess and nine-time dancer Keo Motsepe.
This season also includes news pro dancers Britt Stewart and Daniella Karagach. In season 23, Stewart, 30, became the first Black female pro to have a full-time role in the show, joining the troupe. Karagach, who is married to pro Pasha Pashkov, was part of the troupe last season.
Sasha Farber
Pasha Pashkov
Brandon Armstrong
Alan Bersten
Val Chmerkovskiy
Keo Motsepe
Gleb Savchenko
Peta Murgatroyd
Daniella Karagach
Cheryl Burke
Sharna Burgess
Jenna Johnson
Emma Slater
Britt Stewart
Sharna is back. Didn’t see that coming
I posted in the other thread, but I’m relieved there weren’t any drastic changes to the pro line up. All my favorites are back, and I’m so happy Daniella is going to be a pro. I didn’t hear them mention on GMA if Britt was going to be a pro or not, but I’m happy to see her back regardless. I hope Pasha doesn’t get demoted to a background dancer, assuming that all of the pros mentioned don’t get a partner.
If the married pros who are competing have to live apart, I wonder if that means that any star will have to isolate from their families, too (which could really narrow down the field of who is willing to do the season). I thought it was interesting Emma and Sasha got the GMA interview spot-I’m so used to seeing Val and Jenna favored there. I can’t believe the premiere is only a few weeks away. Guess the celeb rumor mill will be starting up here soon.
Now that I can out full sentences together lol: Sasha Farber: love him and I hope he gets another great partner 🙂
Pasha Pashkov: he showed he is no joke and one to watch last season so I’m hoping he keeps up that trajectory.
Brandon Armstrong: I was worried he wouldn’t be back tbh. Glad to see him back.
Alan Bersten: will be interesting to see if he gets someone good or gets someone not so good….haven’t seen a back to back champ in awhile
Val Chmerkovskiy: at this point it is what it is. He didn’t bother me too much the last two seasons for the most part so I hope he is like that.
Keo Motsepe: I’m psyched he is back. 🙂
Gleb Savchenko: I hope he gives his next partner better choreo than he gave Lauren.
Peta Murgatroyd: glad to see her back.
Daniella Karagach: whoever she gets is in for a lot of fun I can just tell from last season in the troupe she is going to be super creative
Cheryl Burke: I wasn’t too worried since I figured they needed her back since she is the longest lasting pro in the lineup and a huge fan fav but I hope she gets another great partner
Sharna Burgess: didn’t see this comeback happening. Worried we might get a “have to prove my win wasn’t a fluke or because of Bobby” narrative though from her….and the show
Jenna Johnson: she has grown on me a lot since her first season and she is a calming influence on her partners so I’m glad she is back
Emma Slater: the happiest person ever in the show. Love her.
Britt Stewart
Glad Sharna is back. I wonder if they will do like last year. I mean they announced 14 pros but only 12 became pros.
Am I the only one that believes that not all pros will get celebs? 14 seems to be a high number of contestants, especially with covid. If true how many double eliminations will there be?
Britt Stewart is a new pro so freaking thrilled for her
I don’t know if there will be a troupe this season because of covid might see some semblance of the og season because adding extra people into routines maybe a recipe for disaster unless all the quarantine. If the show has a troupe and they are added into 4-5 routines each week bouncing from rehearsal to rehearsal it kinda defeats the point of having the married pros live apart. I personally think it maybe 14 couples no big opening numbers and using that time to add the extra 2 celebrities
I think they will have extras. I believe if someone has to drop out for whatever reason, they would have someone who is already in quarantine to step in. So 12 couples and 2 extras.
Emma and Sasha are too cute. And I love that Ruby is so much a part of the DWTS family.
Britt and Daniella are being called first time pros everywhere, and Britt even had a post on IG about her excitement of being on this season. I don’t think they’d bring Sharna back just to sideline her as a back up dancer, and I don’t see them doing that to any of the other ladies, either. I could see the likes of Keo, Brandon, or Pasha being demoted down from pro line up. They’ve had 13 couples in the past, and with nothing else going on in the TV world in terms of scripted programming, maybe they will have 14 couples? And either have one extra week, 5 couples in the finale, or a couple of double eliminations? It’s still weird to think that Tom isn’t going to be there this season, and I feel like Tyra’s talk about making the show ‘next level’ is going to end up being much ado about nothing.
I could have done without Val and Jenna, but hopefully Val is out early again this season as he was the last few. I really hope Emma, Sasha, Sharna, Daniella, Brandon, Cheryl, and Pasha wind up with great partners, and that Britt also gets someone great on her first outing. @vin, I don’t know if they’d bring it up on the show, but I wonder in interviews if the whole controversy over Bobby winning, and Sharna not being on the following season, will get brought up. I also hope that doesn’t define her experience this season. I’m not overly surprised she’s back, given that there were two spots to fill. I wonder if TPTB realize how much they’ve screwed up the last few seasons, and with firing Tom seeming to be the icing on the cake, maybe that’s why they brought her back, too. And on the subject of Sharna, it’s weird not seeing her as a red head.
I’m so happy to see Britt and Daniella in the Pros!
Sharna’s been talking a lot about being open to being a Bachelorette on the US series. I think she was offered a role on the Australian version but declined because she would prefer a relationship with an American guy. I wonder if Sharna being back this season will segue into her being the Bachelorette in their next US season? I’m not into the Bachelor/Bachelorette world but seems like it’s getting talked about by her more than DWTS does, so it’s got my Spidey Senses up. Or maybe interviewers and media just pick up on the Bachelorette gossip because it’s more clickable than DWTS news these days. When I saw Sharna on a DWTS tour it was technically co-hosted or MC’d by Frankie Muniz and Jordan Fisher but it was Sharna that really grabbed the mic and was the hostess with the mostess. She led the show better than the 2 official hosts. I’m going to stop rambling and just say I’m glad Sharna’s back, and she’s a multifaceted entertainer with a bright future beyond DWTS.
Emma and Sasha in that GMA interview are super adorable and I want that CHA CHA CHA print they have hanging in their home!
@ Nukegrrrl: funny u mention that since if what I read is right this upcoming season of the bachelorette has had a quite a few hiccups to say the least. But if it’s true well ratings gold lol
Glad to see that Derek will not be competing with a celeb. I am wondering, however, if he will show up in another capacity at some point in the season. He did such a wonderful job choreographing, filming, and editing for the Disney specials, I wouldn’t be surprised if they tapped into that talent!
On GMA’s Facebook page it says that a 15th pro is going to be announced on Monday. My first thought was Derek, but the clues were just had a baby and his wife kicks ass (so I’m guessing Artem). If so, that’s pretty crazy-15 couples, and two popular pros that were dumped last season are brought back this season.
The Bachelor/ette franchise almost never goes outside their own casts for Bachelors and Bachelorettes. The next Bachelor is the first time in an extremely long time, and that is likely tied to the outcry over how white that show is. Although, the guy they picked is super gorgeous and a good friend of a former contestant, Tyler. I don’t know that they would go for Sharna over someone from the franchise.
Been watching the show since it began and love it. Not happy about the change in hosts I think Erin and Tom helped make the show the success it was. I’m afraid the same person who orchestrated this change was probably the idiot who came up with skating with the stars. I’ll give it a chance but doubt I’ll keep watching
Britt! Thrilled she’s a pro! I’ve been a fan for many years. Check out past Troup videos and you’ll see why. I’ll watch because of her! So happy
Thanks for the insight into the Bachelor/Bachelorette world, Princess Heidi. That makes total sense.